I've always been a bit of outcast. Even among outcasts. :biggrin2: I always loved playing dodgeball, but it got boring to me once the amount of people dwindled to almost nothing. But yeah, I knew I was a bit of a target by some, but I didn't care. I wasn't going to let some douchebags ruin my fun. And the good thing about dodgeball is that I could make them a target, too. :13_002:

You must be a boy.

Because I definitely throw like a girl, which didn't really ever help my great revenge plans in my head.

I did have a boyfriend for about two weeks in 4th grade who beat up someone who hit me in the back of the head with a dodge ball. He grew up and beat someone to death. That is a true, and scary, story.

March 28th, 2013

FlakeNoir

Re: Dodgeball Removed From School

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Originally Posted by fljoe0

We also played, "Kill the man with the ball." There was nothing like getting the football and then having 50 people chasing you. :biggrin2: That one wasn't school sponsored - we had to play that one on our own. Now that was a payback sport. :biggrin2:

Oh! So you played "rugby" too?! :biggrin2:

We had a lot of contact sport when I was at school, one of my favourite games was called "bullrush", sadly this has been outlawed at school now... that game taught a lot of kids how to play good (evasive) rugby in my mind.

We sometimes played a bit of dodge-ball... and yeah, we used basketballs too. (Kiwi teachers are a bit harsh, yar?)

March 28th, 2013

Lily Sawyer

Re: Dodgeball Removed From School

We played dodgeball when I was growing up and it was a bullying free-for-all, with the weaker kids being singled out by the toughest ones. I wasn't bullied per se, but I was struck hard enough by the balls to have red splotches on my legs and arms for days afterwards. I'm against the game being played at schools now because it seems like it's really unsafe - too much of a chance for someone to pull a Natasha Richardson if they're clobbered in the head hard enough. (I can't BELIEVE you were given basketballs to use, Flake! - what on earth were your phys ed teachers thinking??)

I was much more of a softball and kickball fan.

March 28th, 2013

king family fan

Re: Dodgeball Removed From School

Its sad how bullying wrecks things for others.

March 28th, 2013

FlakeNoir

Re: Dodgeball Removed From School

Du :dunno: no Lily, maybe they just expected us to excel at the "dodge" part of the game? (#@$%&'stards) :biggrin2:

March 29th, 2013

GNTLGNT

Re: Dodgeball Removed From School

....always thought "Jarts" should've been a gym sport.....now THERE'S a safe and fun game!...(loved it as a kid)...